Menthol decreases oral nicotine aversion in C57BL/6 mice through a TRPM8-dependent mechanism

Tobacco Control

Volumn 25, Issue , 2016, Pages ii50-ii54

  Fan, Lu ^a   Balakrishna, Shrilatha ^a   Jabba, Sairam V ^b   Bonner, Pamela E ^b   Taylor, Seth R ^a   Picciotto, Marina R ^a   Jordt, Sven Eric ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M; TRPM8 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MENTHOL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; TRPM CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 85031867736     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053209     Document Type: Article

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